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‘Jaisu khel neeche se, aaramse khel. Aise marega kya?’

‘Jaisu khel neeche se, aaramse khel. Aise marega kya?’

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Yashasvi Jaiswal, on his Test match debut, made 171 runs against the West Indies. Recalling his interactions with Rohit Sharma before the game, Jaiswal revealed during practice sessions how he tried to hit Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja out of the attack, and Rohit intervened by saying to play with ease. “I remember Jaddu bhai was bowling and I stepped out and hit a six outside the stadium. Rohit bhai told me, ‘Jaisu khel neeche se, aaramse khel. Aise marega kya?’ (Jaiswal play with ease and on the ground. Will you hit like this?) Then I started playing normally. My mindset was to try to dominate and take chances according to the field set. If I can convert, I will try, and this is the chat we had. I tried to play my positive shots, and it was successful. I have the same mindset when I play for Mumbai as well,” he said on sports journalist Vimal Kumar’s YouTube Channel. “Rohit was giving me a lot of confidence. He told me to play freely, play my …

‘These are T20 babies… there’s no fear’: CSK’s Stephen Fleming on uncapped buys Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma | Cricket News

‘These are T20 babies… there’s no fear’: CSK’s Stephen Fleming on uncapped buys Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma | Cricket News

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With Chennai Super Kings breaking the bank for uncapped Indian players Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma in the IPL mini-auction spending a record sum of Rs 14.20 crore each on the two youngsters, it also meant that the duo would be the most expensive Indian uncapped players in the IPL auction history till present. While Veer comes from Uttar Pradesh, Sharma hails from Rajasthan and the duo joined the likes of youngsters Ayush Mhatre and Sameer Rizvi in the Chennai Super Kings squad and Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Felling has termed the duo as ‘T20 babies’ and has shared how the youngsters have grown up the format in present times. “These are T20 babies. They’ve grown up with the format. They just express their skills. There’s no fear. Sometimes experienced players get caught trying to work out where the game’s going. So there’s real appeal, especially when the game is being played faster and faster. I think it’s a byproduct of T20 being around for some time now, and we’re all learning, being involved …

Shreyas Iyer’s eventful Duleep Trophy day: Takes a First-Class wicket since 2018-19, came to bat with sunglasses and got dismissed for duck | Cricket News

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Shreyas Iyer had an eventful day on the field during the second day of India A vs India D’s Duleep Trophy Round 2 match on Friday taking a wicket in his very first ball in India A’s second innings while also getting dismissed for 0 earlier when it was his turn to wield the willow. Earlier in the day, Iyer drew a lot of curious gazes when he opted to come to bat with a sunglass on. He would last just 7 balls before being dismissed for 0 off a Khaleel Ahmed delivery. The India D skipper would have the last laugh of Day 2 though when he dismissed India A’s Mayank Agarwal for 56 when he caught a followthrough off the latter’s bat to complete a low catch which signalled the end of the day’s play. This was Iyer’s 5th First-Class wicket and his first one since 2018-19. Golden Arm! 💪 Shreyas Iyer comes into the attack. Shreyas Iyer strikes first ball 👌 An excellent low catch off his own bowling, and he breaks …

Ishan Kishan slams hundred in Duleep Trophy to begin his comeback from notoriety | Cricket News

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Ten months after his last appearance for the country, Ishan Kishan made his first comeback step in Anantapur. Dispelling a dark spell in his career, when he was out of the team not so much for the lack of runs as for his alleged indiscipline, he cracked a stroke-filled hundred for India C against India B in Anantapur, to emphasise that he has the control and character to reclaim the national stripes again. The 126-ball 111 is the sort of counterattacking treatise that leaves an impression in the selectors memory. It’s easy to dismiss a score of 111 in a total of 357 for 5 as a happenstance. The standard assumptions roll forth—flatbed, flaccid attack and no stakes. The reality was different. India C had lost two wickets in three balls, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was in the pavilion retired hurt and India B has a sufficiently well-worn attack that features Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, both Test have-beens, the rising seam-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy and the resourceful spin trio of Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore and …